Until a couple of years ago, Lucy Calkins was, to many American teachers and parents, a minor deity. Thousands of U.S. schools used her curriculum, called Units of Study, to teach children to read and ...

In a recent opinion essay, I defended the primacy of traditional literacy skills against the National Council of Teachers of English ’s mystifying call to “decenter” them. In this essay, I will ...

Ever heard of a digraph? It’s “two letters that come together to make one sound,” Troup kindergartener Jose told his classmates. That was just one of the many takeaways from Gyna Grant’s kindergarten ...

Parents are blasting the new reading curriculum that will debut in some public elementary schools in the fall as a dumbed-down step backwards. “Into Reading” offers kids a chance to coast by with ...

A much higher percentage of teachers say they’re integrating artificial intelligence into their lessons this school year compared with the previous one. In February, Education Week asked its audience, ...